“I would never tell a kid that because of your race, because of the color of your skin, or your gender or anything like that, you are less of a person or are inherently racist,”

Fentanyl is only a problem *because* of prohibition. If Michael K. Williams could have purchased pure heroin, held to FDA standards, from a brick-and-mortar shop like the ones where most Americans can now buy cannabis, he would have done so.

Very cool!! So lucky...that would’ve been a blast. I adore this show and hope the writing rebounds to maintain the funkiness it had early on. But damn if this isn’t one of my favorite shows of the past decade, easily. 

What we need now, more than ever, is a good, solid gaze back on history. None of this unrest and discontent is NEW. It is old, very old. In the past people were handicapped by the lack of speed in the news. As a species we were more compartmentalized, with some places hearing about events a few years prior for the…

“By and large, the only countries that have resorted to these tactics have been well-known autocracies and third-world countries...” Very rich coming from a writer in a country with the highest prison population in the world, no healthcare or the poor and maternal deaths lagging behind Cuba. 

Jesus fucking Christ, I come to the root for articles about black issues, not this bull shit. Who gives a fuck about Beyonce’s kid dancing? And who the fuck is Tasha K? 

Let’s just talk about how sweaty he is.

Garland is afraid of his own shadow, and probably still has nightmares about Mitch McConnell. Just another example of the Democrats choosing the wrong person for the job simply because they felt like it was “their turn”. .

Except “feeling threatened” is absurdly subjective and prone to wanton abuse (e.g., divorce proceedings and child custody battles)....

And to think, it took TWO writers to fuck something that simple up!

lmao

I would generally agree (with the golden rule bit). But generally you aren’t talking to someone who’s policy decisions are screwing you over.

Eric Adams is nuts. Which is a standard qualifier for NYPD. Vigilante Mayor wants respect! As expected of a former cop. They are prone to huge egos and violent outbursts.

Respect is earned, Mayor Bitcoin.

“Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king.”

If you are a public official and need to demand respect, I think you are proving you don't deserve respect.

ACAB.

For what its worth I think that we need to vigorously defend against religious influence on public policy.

Only if you think that the politics of the moment are more important than the everyday lives of people.

I’m fucking appalled by abortion. I’m appalled that we can’t prevent unwanted pregnancies.